Calendar

Peoples of the Plateau/This Place Called Home
THROUGH JUNE 8 | BURKE MUSEUM
The Burke Museum presents two exhibits celebrating the people and arts of the Plateau region. “This Place Called Home” features beadwork, baskets, blankets, and other items from the Burke’s collection. “Peoples of the Plateau: The Indian Photographs of Lee Moorhouse, 1898-1915” includes photographs that document Native life in the Northwest as it transitioned from frontier life to the modern era. 10 am-5 pm daily. Information: www.burkemuseum.org or (206) 543-5590.

Hot Spots in Our World 2008
MARCH 19 – APRIL 30 | 225 KANE HALL
Hear experts from the Jackson School of International Studies address major national and international policy issues. Free. Information: (206) 221-6374. Upcoming lectures include:

	MARCH 19: “Turkey: Between Secularism and Modernity,” Resat Ka aba, professor of international studies.
	APRIL 2: “Russia, the European Union, and the U.S.: Soul Mates?,” Darryl Johnson, U.S. Ambassador, Retired.
	APRIL 16: “The China-Taiwan-U.S. Triangle,” David Bachman, associate director and professor, Jackson School of International Studies
	APRIL 30: “Contemporary Indigenous Whaling in Canada and the U.S.,” Charlotte Coté, UW professor of American Indian studies, and Micah McCarty, member, Makah Tribal Council.

Black Grace
APRIL 3 - 5 | MEANY THEATRE
The break-away hit when they appeared at Jacob’s Pillow, this New Zealand-based, all-male troupe rocks the house with thundering stomps, body percussion in syncopated rhythms, and flying acrobatics. 8 pm. $40; $20 students. Information: (206) 543-4880 or www.uwworldseries.org.

	John O'Conor

Celebration of Beethoven
APRIL 5, 8 | BRECHEMIN AUDITORIUM, MEANY THEATER
Famed Irish pianist John O’Conor is in residence at the School of Music for a Beethoven festival (April 5, 10 am-6 pm, free, Brechemin Auditorium) and an all-Beethoven recital, performing the “Pathétique,” “Waldstein,” and “Moonlight” sonatas, and Bagatelles, Op. 126. Recital on April 8, 7:30 pm, Meany Theater. $20, $15 students/seniors. Tickets: http://www.meany.org/calendar/. Information: (206) 543-4880 or www.music.washington.edu.

The Crossing of St. Peter’s and the End of the Renaissance
APRIL 8 | HENRY ART GALLERY AUDITORIUM
Estelle Lingo, assistant professor of art history, presents this lecture as part of the School of Art’s “Hiding in Plain Sight” lecture series. 6 pm. Free. Information: (206) 543-4876.

Faith & Finance: The Twin Pillars of American Politics
APRIL 9, 16, 23, 30 | 120 KANE HALL
This series will examine, through lecture and lively conversation, how and why religion and economics came to dominate political debate, and the implications for American democracy. Speakers are David Domke, associate professor of communication, and Mark Smith, associate professor of political science. Four Wednesdays. 7–9 pm. Free. Register at UWalum.com.

Roman Imperial Art and Ritual Conference
APRIL 18 - 19 | SEATTLE ART MUSEUM & 210 KANE HALL
This conference will bring together leading scholars around a topic that was central to Roman culture and is an emerging field in the study of the ancient world: ritual. Organized by faculty in art history, history, and classics, the conference is being coordinated with the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) exhibition, “Roman Art from the Louvre.” Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities, with support from other UW units and SAM. Information: www.simpsoncenter.org/roman.

Music of India and Mongolia
APRIL 22 | MEANY THEATER
The School of Music Department of Ethnomusicology presents its annual spring visiting artist recital, featuring performances by Uday Bhawalkar, one of India’s leading performers in the ancient Dhrupad tradition of classical vocal music, and Li Bo, a Mongolian morin khuur (two-string horse-head fiddle) player. 7:30 pm. $15, $10 students and seniors. Tickets: http://www.meany.org/calendar/. Information: (206) 543-4880, or www.music.washington.edu.

Porous Sovereignty, Walled Democracy
APRIL 22 | 120 KANE HALL
Wendy Brown, professor of political science and women’s studies at the University of California, Berkeley, will present the Katz Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities, addressing the phenomenon of nation states building physical walls at their borders. Do the walls assert sovereignty or confess its failures? What transformation in democracy do the new walls herald? 7 pm. Free. Information: www.simpsoncenter.org/katz.

WASHINGTON WEEKED
APRIL 30 -26 | UW SEATTLE CAMPUS
Washington Weekend is an opportunity for the public to discover all that’s happening on campus. The College of Arts and Sciences will be hosting dozens of events, from tours to performances. Here’s a sampling:

	Open Houses: A&S units including Anthropology, Art, Astronomy, Dance, DXARTS, Earth and Space Sciences, Music, and Near Eastern Languages and Culture will open their doors to visitors, with class observations, equipment demon-strations, live performances, and opportunities to reconnect with faculty and alumni.
	Tours: Enjoy tours of the Botany Greenhouse / Medicinal Herb Garden, Burke Museum, Henry Art Gallery, and Language Learning Center. A campus art walk will also be offered.
	Lectures and Other Events: Burke Museum: Native artists demonstrate elaborate beadwork, cornhusk weaving, and saddle making; storytellers from the Yakama Nation share legends of their culture. 4/26, 10 am-5 pm. Free with museum admission.
	Economics: A panel discussion about the practical implications of Mechanism Design Theory, with Economics faculty Jacques Lawaree and Greg Ellis. $3-$7. 4/24, 7 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. (206) 543-5945 or UWalum.org.
	Sociology: “Demographic Implications of the Prison Boom,” Professor Becky Pettit, speaker. 4/25, 4 pm, UW Club. RSVP at http://www.soc.washington.edu/RSVP/ with event code “waweekend08”.
	Jackson School of International Studies: Jackson School International Knowledge Bowl, 4/26, 10:30 am-noon, Thomson Hall.
	Anthropology: “Tales from the Field: Exploring Graduate Research in Anthropology.” 4/24, 6-8 pm, Waterfront Activities Center. Free. (206) 543-5240.
	Communication: Events include “The Muse and the Manuscript” and “Faculty Book Club.” 4/26, 11 am-2 pm, Communications Bldg.

For more details about these and other Washington Weekend events, visit
UWalum.com/weekend.

Fair Play
APRIL 27 - MAY 11 | MEANY STUDIO THEATRE
In this comedy by Anna Rosa Parker, a couple welcomes old friends to their home to plan a 15-year high school reunion. After one intoxicating night together, events start taking frenetic spins in this clever and outrageous comedy. World premiere, directed by Shanga Parker. $8-15. Tickets/information: (206) 543-4880 or http://depts.washington.edu/uwdrama.

The Place Where Even Jews Can Be as White as Paul Newman
MAY 8 | 130 KANE HALL
Yitzhak Laor, Jessie and John Danz Lecturer, will speak as part of the Danz Lecture Series. Laor is an Israeli poet, playwright, novelist, and literary critic known for his poetry of political protest. 7 pm. Free. Information: http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/calendar.php.

French and Francophone Film Festival
MAY 9 - 24 | HUB AUDITORIUM
This film series, presented by French and Italian Studies, will explore several key issues surrounding ethnicity, multiculturalism, and identity in the postcolonial francophone world. The films include “The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial,” “Little Jerusalem,” “The Hop,” “Grand Voyage,” “Games of Love and Chance,” and “The Glass Ceiling.” $7; free for students. Information: http://depts.washington.edu/frenital/events/spring2008/ev_fr_film_fest.htm.

The Sculptor and the Philosopher’s Stone: Georges Vantongerloo’s Cosmic Vision of Art
MAY 13 | HENRY ART GALLERY AUDITORIUM
Marek Wieczorek, associate professor of art history, presents this lecture as part of the School of Art’s “Hiding in Plain Sight” lecture series. 6 pm. Free. Information: (206) 543-4876.

Spring Opera: La finta giardiniera
MAY 14, 16 & 18 | MEANY THEATER
The School of Music presents “La finta giardiniera” (The Pretend Gardener), a surreal romp—which Mozart wrote when he was only 18—about a group of 20-somethings in love with the wrong people. Sung in Italian with English subtitles. Cynthia Zahn directs. May 14 and 16 at 7:30 pm; May 18 at 3 pm. $25 general admission, $15 students/seniors. Information: (206) 543-4880 or www.meany.org.

Albert Bierstadt and the Western Landscape: Sublime Nature in Distress
MAY 15 | FRYE ART MUSEUM
Sabine Wilke, professor and chair of the Department of Germanics, will discuss how artist Albert Bierstadt transformed images of Western landscapes from depictions of sublime spaces to representations that—influenced by European landscape paintings—frame images in picturesque ways. This is part of the “Connections and Context” lecture series, presented by the Frye Art Museum with the
Department of Germanics and the Simpson Center for the Humanities. The Frye is located at 704 Terry St. 6:30 pm. Free. Information or RSVP: (206) 543-4580.

Undergraduate Research Symposium
MAY 16 | MARY GATES HALL
Hundreds of undergraduates will describe their research—in disciplines ranging from dance to biochemistry—through posters and presentations, open to the general public. Noon – 5 pm. Free. For the complete list of participants and the schedule of presentations, visit http://www.washington.edu/research/urp/symp/.

2008 MFA Thesis Exhibition
MAY 17 – JUNE 22 | HENRY ART GALLERY
Students completing their MFA in the School of Art are featured in this exhibition at the
Henry Art Gallery. Free. Information: ayoke@ u.washington.edu or (206) 616-3350.

Roethke Reading
MAY 20 | ROETHKE AUDITORIUM, 130 KANE HALL
The 45th annual Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Reading will feature poets Brad Leithauser and Mary Jo Salter, both on the faculty at Johns Hopkins University. Free. Information: (206) 543-2690 or http://depts.washington.edu/engl/.

The Misanthrope
MAY 25 – JUNE 8 | PENTHOUSE THEATRE
Considered one of Moliere’s “most intelligent” plays, this sharply written comedy explores the importance of truth in society through the story of Alceste, who decides to tell the truth at all times. But just as he commits to this, he falls hopelessly in love with a beautiful and dishonest young socialite who embodies everything he despises. Directed by David Crowe. $8-15. Tickets/information: (206) 543-4880 or http://depts.washington.edu/uwdrama.

Dancing in the Digital Domain
MAY 29 - JUNE 1 | MEANY STUDIO THEATRE
The final dance concert of the year highlights the professional talents and creativity of the Dance Program’s graduate students as they work in partnership with Ph.D. students in Digital Arts to create a one-of-a-kind performance melding technology and the arts. Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 pm, Sunday at 2 pm. $14, $12 UW faculty/staff/UWAA members, $10 students /seniors. Information: (206) 543-4880.

 

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